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I SEAL.

No. 531,376. -Patented Dec. 25, 1894.

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UNITED y STATESN PATENT OFFICE.

-FRANK E. GrU'lTERSON,` OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YORlQASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOHENRY ll. HOWARD, OF EASTORANGE, NEWJERSEY.

' To all' whom it bfi/wy concern;

SEAL'.

y sPEcIEIcATIoN'foraing part-of rettersratent Nq. sanare, dated December25, 1894,

Application' and ps1 12, 1894. serial No. 507,213. marien.

Be it known that I, FRANK E. GrofrrnnsoN,`

a c'itizenjof the United States, residing at Brooklyn, inthe coun-tyofKings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inl Seals, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

composed of lead or' other soft compressible material and used torsealingrailway cars, baggage, &c., the object of my invention being to provideaseal, of the. class referred to, which may be cheaply produced and inwhich the wire shackle is so firmly anchored in the seal that thelattercannot betamperedl with withoutbeing badly mutilated or destroyed,thus ef fectively providing against fraud.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved sealbefore the same has been compressed by the dies of a sealing press. Fig.2 is a side elevation and Fig.3 is a sectionof the same,a portion of theAwire shackle being omitted. Fig. 4t is a perspective view showing thewire shackle in the form it will assume when the seal has beencompressed. Figs. 5 and 6 are top and side views, respectively, of theseal after it has been compressed. Figs. 7 and 8 show 'two forms ofmyinvention differing slightly from that illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and3.

The body of my improved seall consists of4 thel base A, the neck Z2 andthe cap or disk c.

The neck b is provided with a transverse holed and the base A maybeprovided'with a conical or concave recess c to render the crushing ofthe neck or post comparatively easy, so

that too great pressure will not be required in the sealing operation.One end of the wire vshackle fis provided with a hook or loop gextending up into the neck bin such position .as/to partly encircle theh ole d in said neck,

` the metallic seal being cast onto this end of -the wire shackle, sothat the wire will be embedded inthe seal, the free end-of vthe wireshackle being passed through the said hole d and then wound around theneck b, as shown -in Fig. 1. With the ends of the shackle thusdisposed,.relative to the seal, when the latter is compressed the hookor loop g of the shac klewire will be bentever onto and around therother or free end of the wire passing through-the hole d and becompressed down u 'pon the said free end as-shown in Figli; and

it will be readily understood that with the two ends of .the wireshacklethus engaged with each other it will be practically impossible totamper withthe seal without destroy- My invention relates to that classof sealsy ing the same, for the reason that the two ends of the wireshackle are firmly locked together. This'result is largely due tothefact that the hole d in the neck c is so placed as to be transversetothe length of the shackle wire f, s o that to pass the free end'ol thesaid shackle wire through the saidhole, and wind it about said neck, itwillb'e ynecessary to bend said wire at a right angle, or approximatelyso, and thus when the seal is compressed the two ends of the shacklewire will be secu-rely locked together.

Various modifications may be made in the details of the seal Withoutdeparting from the `essential features of my invention. Forexafnple,the' edges of the base A, and the cap or disk c maybe beveled, as4 shownin Fig. 7, or may be rounded as shown in Fig. S, and the recess in thesaid base may also be omitted, if desired, as shown in these twofigures. Also the loop or hook g at thexed end of the shackle wire fembedded in the seal may be closed as shown in Fig. 8 instead of beingopen as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, the open loop or hook, however, vshownin said Figs. 3 and 7, being practically closed when the seal iscompressed.

lIt will be understood that a sealing press with anyl suitable form of dies may be used in `compressing-'my improved seaLthese dies or the.sealing press, however, not forming any part of mypresent invention.

Having, thus' described my invention, I

claini `and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination with'ametallic seal consisting of the base A, the neck b, provided with thehole d, and the cap or disk c, of the shackle wire f one end of Awhichis provided with a hook or loop g embedded in said seal and extendinginto said neck around said hole, and the other or free end of which isto be IOO passed through said, hole and wouu about said neck, the saidhole d b'eug transverse to the length of thesad shacklewire, so thatthe' free end 0f the latter will be bent at a. right;l

5 angle, or approximately so, to itsy length, to pass it throughsad hole:mdwnd it about said neck.

In testimony whereof I affix 'myegoature in presenoe of twowtnesses.

FRANK E. vIGUTTEwSON.

Witnesses: y

H. P. DAVISON, S. E. BAILEY.

